Pavetta indica L.

A slender shrub. It can be 2-3 m tall. It is erect. The branches are angular. The leaf blades can be narrowly oval or round. They taper to the tip and are wedge shaped at the base. There are 8 prominent veins each side of the midrib. They are 8-25 cm long. The flowers are in clusters without stalks. It has nitrogen fixing bacteria. These occur as nodules on leaves and spread into seedlings. The flowers are white and have a scent. The flowers are slender white tubes. They have 4 lobes. They occur in clusters of many flowers at the ends of branches. The fruit are black. They are 1 cm across.

Common in primary and secondary forests, where it often forms a single stem, but also found in open localities, where branched types are more common; at elevations from sea-level to 1,500 metres.

The ripe fruit are eaten. They are eaten raw or pickled. The fruit candied in vinegar are used as pickles. The flowers are eaten in curries.

Can be grown by cuttings or seedlings.